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The Southern herald., 1887-10-08
DRAINAGE EXPERIENCE.
Hsw Piece of Bottom Land Was Made to
Produce Good Crop.

Hsw Piece of Bottom Land Was Made to
Produce Good Crop.
One year ago laid about five thou
sand feet of drain tile, varying in size
from three to six inches. My land is
bottom and second bottom, and on n
field of q hundred and twenty acres
was = shallow pond of water of an
acre or more and u fiat ravine that
took the overflow water from several
hundred acres Of land above me- The
ravine and most Of the pond / could
plow in dry time, but could never
raise much but weeds upon it. Idug
trench about n foot wide at the top
and six or eight inches at The bottom,
and from thirty to forty inches deep.
This trench was made smooth and
level on the bottom, and with fall Of
one to two inches to the rod Zone inch
will do), so there would be no dead or
back water in the tiling "a low place
in the tile will fill with sand or mud
and prevent a part or all of the out
let).
Three or four-inch tile is large
enough for draining slope where the
land is wet or springy, and will carry
off the water so it can be plowed in a
day Or two after a rain. aud the slope
will be as dry as the upland. But in
this wide ravinc Iput six-inch tile, and
here, where we have planted corn for
five years past and never got much but
weeds-only now and then an ear Of
corn-last year we raised the best corn
we had, about sixty bushels to the acre.
We also put six-inch tile through tho
pond-hcle, and now no water stands in
it over "a hours after q rain. Here
had corn that would 60 so bushels to
the acre. / think we have ten acres
Of land in this 100 acre field that here.
tofore was waste land, and it ran across
The field in such a way as to hinder
working it sometimes for a week after
a rain, but now we can plow or cul-
tivate where the tile is in rs well the
next day after a rain as we can the
dryest part of the fed. M W. Strdt-
ton, IN Farm and Home.
The Southern herald., 1887-10-08
wRlrlNo Foa MACHINE.
How COutFlbu lions Are Handled, Reject
ed aud Paid For.

How OouFlbu tlons Are Handled H4iocF
ed aud Paid For.
A leading magazine editor says Of
contributors; Every manuscript sent
to us is first given a eursory examina.
ton in our office here. If the contrl-
button possesses any merit at all it is
sent to one of our critics, of which we
have twelve, for report This occupies
all the way from two to six weeks. OF
course large per centage of the mat
ter which we receive is not worthy Of
the routine operation, and such is im-
mediately returned TO the author with
q polite note Of declination. II is not
right for an author 10 expect his con-
tribution to be returned il sufiicientre-
turn postage is not enclosed Unre-
turned manuscripts are destroyed at
the end Of year It has often hap.
penod with us that we have declined
poems and articles that have found
ready acceptance with other maga-
zines. Each magazine has its own
particular class Of readers and what
is suitable for one may
not be for another. A reader
for a magazine understands even bot
ter than tho editor sometimes, what
class of articles or poems will find most
favor with the constituency of the
periodical for which she reads-I say
'she, because ladies are more en-
ployed for this sort of labor than men.
Milton's Paradise Lost" and Defoe's
Robinson Crusoc" were both rel cted
dozen times before they were finally
accepted. Thackeray's earlier contribu-
tions were rejected by all leading
magazines and Charlotte Bronte's
maiden efforts met a similar fate.
Motlcy's "Dutch Republic" was seven
times returned with thanks by the
publishers. 1t is very unwise for young
and aspiring litcrateurs TO lose heart
because their contributions are at first
rejected. l will not deny that in some
cases the name may carry certain
degree of weight when the editor reads
the article. AS to money returns Mr..
Howells may receives 81, 500 for short
story, when that same story, written
by an obscure writer, would not bring
more than $2j. II is fame and moi
quality that usually regulates the pay.
st. Louis Republican.
The Southern herald., 1887-10-08
TO REMOVE ooRNs.
a Method Suggested by Writer Oppose
to the Use OF the Knife.

a Method Suggested by Writer Opposed
to the Use Of the Knife.
To prevent them, wear we'll LIFTING
boots, neither too large nor too small.
Corns are caused by too great friction
OF the surface serving as protection
to the nerves beneath on the same
principle that the skin thickens on
the insides of the hands of the black
smith and others who do rough work
particularly. You have simply not to
cause any, not TO ''raise" them. II the
boots should not be worn, or any thing
of tho kind, fora few months, the Corns
would disappear, as there would be no
use for them. As they are albuminous,
and as albumen is easily dissolved
by an alkali, they can be easily re.
moved by few applications of any
strong alkali, as potash, or even
saleratus, frequently applied. Should
any strong alkali be used it is we'll to
have some vinegar, or any acid, at
hand, to neutralize any that might be
on any other part by accident. as the
acid will destroy the alkali II, also.
It should ''eat in" too much causing
pain, the vinegar may be applied to
tho corn. Warts may be removed in
the same way.) 1t is easy to put pad,
with hole in the CENTER around the
corn, protecting it from pressure, and
promoting comfort just to the extent
Tint they are thus protected they win
disappear -SAQc and Leather Revie,a
The Southern herald., 1887-10-08
INsURINo MAIDENs.
A Danish Society Which Provides for the
Daughters Of the Nobility.

A Danish Society Which Provides for the
Daughters Of the Nobility.
In Denmark there is society known
as the Maiden Assurance Society; its
aim is to provide for ladies of WELL TO-
do families. 1t shelters and cares for
them, and furnishes them with spin
money" Its methods are thus de.
scribed: The nobleman- for the as,o-
citation is peculiarly for this class as
soon as q female child is born. enfolls
her name in certain association Of
noble families and pays certain sun,
and thereafter a fixed annual amount
TO the society. When she has reached
the age Of, we believe, twenty-one, she
becomes entitled 10 q suite Of ap .rt-
ments in large building of the asso-
citation, with gardens and park about
ii, inhabited by other young or oder
noble ladies who have. in like manner,
become members
If her father should die in her
youth, and she should desire it, she
has shelter in this building, and at
time fixed her income. When she
dies or marries all this right to income
lapses, and the money paid in swells
the endowment Of the association.
Her father may pay for twenty years
and then her marriage cuts off all ad-
vantage of the insurance. But this
very chance must enable the company
to charge lower annual premiums and
make the burden less on the father in.
suring. He has, at any rate, the
pleasant feeling that his small annual
payments are insuring his daughters
future, and giving her a comfortable
home and income after he has gone.
1t is obvious that the chances for mar.
riage among given number Of
women can be calculated as closely as
those Of death. The plan has worked
well for generations in Copenhagen.
Manchester (Eng.) Policy Holder
The Southern herald., 1887-10-08


The way to make the poultry
business pay Is to carefully superln-
tend or do your work yourself The
latter plan Is best
Ono robbin in a cherry tree or a
grapevine will do more damage than a
crow would in Corn-feld in the same
time.
In farming, as in any other busis
ness, it is as the old German provert
says: .As care so I fare. South
erD CultiUator.
Charcoal has an important cleans.
ing influence on the fowls system, and
is especially valuable when fed to the
laying hens during the winter
Good clover hay is always consid-
cred as equal to any other. 1t is the
standard by which all other grasses
are compared, and no farm is fully
supplied for the inter that has not
had a crop Of clover grown upon il. :
Troy Times.
The object of plowing corn in a
dry season is not SO much to kill the
weeds as to form mulch of dry dirt
that will condense the moisture in the
shape of Gew, and that will conserve
to save the moisture that comes up
from the hidden reservoirs below.
An exchange gives the following
recipe for killing warts on cattle;
Take fresh butter (unsalted) }, add an
equal amount of sharp vinegar; SIM
mer together and apply with brush,
cloth or hand. 1t will kill them SO
effectuaIly that they will drop off in a
few days. Warts on cattle, however
large. may be removed py this process,
without any injury.
One man alone, suggests the
american CstltiUdtor, should have the
management of bull, and he musI
keep close watch of every movement,
never allowing the playfulness which
a moment later may change to fero-
cious attack. Allowing men or boys
to tease bull is sure way to make
him cross, and no animal is more dan
gerous than bull four or five years
old that has unlearned his natural
.subjection to the authority of his own
er or master.
The time to pick duck feathers,
like fruit, is when they are ripe. This
may be learned by catching two OF
three and pulling few feathers here
and there. If they pull hard and the
quills are filled with bloody fluid,
they are not ripe; but if they pull easy
and the quilts are clear, you know thai
it is the "best time to pick" Ducks
may be picked four times year.
Never pluck the long tufts Of coarse
feathers on the sides that support the
wings. So Louis Republican.
There are two main sources Of
trouble in feeding calves. The first is
in allowing them to gorge themselves
while sucking the mother The call
has no judgment and will. suck until il
can swallow no more. This overtasks
the stomach and brings on scours. In
her wild state, the COW would not give
enough milk 70 injure the calf; but in
her domesticated condition she pours
out two or three gallons. 1t is, there
ore, best not to let the calf suck all it
will, but just enough to comfortably
ill the stomach and round out. but moi
pod out its sides. The stomach filled
three or four times day is sufficient
st Louis Republican.
The Southern herald., 1887-10-08
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THACKERAY'S GRAVE.


Ths I"cOmparable Novelist's Resting
Place at Kensal Green.
! have often wondered whether
Thackeray did not answer "AdSum"
when his own summons came. He
died very suddenly early in the morn.
ing Of December "a. 1868. No one
was with him, for he had not com.
planned of serious illness on retiring the
night before. When found he was
lying in bed as if asleep but the slceE
was the long sleep of death. His
grave is in Kensal Green. one Of the
most attractive of London cemeteries,
and his last resting place is as simple
and unpratcntious as was his life.
The grave is covered in by q low wall
Of brick, on which is laid large hori.
zonal slab of white marble, perfectly
plain, with this inscription:
The Southern herald., 1887-10-08
a NAUGHTY scHooL.eIRL

: s4s : .a..eleE s0sls ye4rs ag0
IL 8 little Western town;
Waa young, and my upper lip
Was growing is aFst soft down.
3as q student in college then
"a faet. am proud 20 say,
EY teaching part Of the year went
Through college and paid my way.
Twaa in my junior year when frst
taught IN that town out West,
and q all the schools that ever knew
Thai school turned ont the best,
1Femember my first week Of school,
How the grown-up lads did try
70 haze the teacher. and many OF them
Were older and stronger thanL
Butt held my own until / found
4 caricatuFe Of me
Drawn On the board, and my mnstaehe
Was pictured with lines Just three,
On one side one, on the other twol
Twas more than could stand;
Isaid: "Who ever drew that may come
And hold out his right hand"
Twas . boyish thing to do, know,
And one that still regret,
For The prettiest girl OF all tossed back
Her glossy curls OF Jet,
Ana turned to me her great brown eyes;
Then, rising from her seat,
She came and held out her white hand;
Ifef my shame complete.
Itook her hand; the blow / gave
Made me her slave for life,
Though it was SO light that she did not fee
The Southern herald., 1887-10-08
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THAcKERAY.
Born, July II, 1911.
Died December 81, 1861.


His mother, who died not long after
her son, is buried with him, and her
name-Annc Carmichael Smyth is
carved on iho same stone and with a
similar epitaph. The lot has no other
tenants, and an iron railing, rising a
few inches above the slab, is thickly
twined with ivy mingled with climb.
ing flowers. Far better. l thought,
this grave in the free air and sunshine
than tomb in that gloomy charnel-
house, Westminster Abbey-whose
glories can not compensate for the at
mosphere of death and decay en-.
shrined there. Some loving hand had
laid floral offering upon the marble.
| added mine. and came away, thank.
full for the opportunity of paying even
this smallest tribute of grateful adj
miration to the man who has been
called "a cynic" cynic who wrote
this verse TO his children across tht
sea:
Thought, as day was breaking,
Ny little girls were waking,
And smiling and making
A prayer at home for me.
81 Louis Republtcan
The Southern herald., 1887-10-08

"A resident at Ocean Point, Nc,
reports great fight between two
monster seals, which he thus describes;
Il think they would each weigh one
thousand pounds; they tore at ono an
other fearfully; lashed the water into
foam and lcaped boldly into the air.
1t was the battle of giants. fearful to
behold. and do not wonder that the
anCients created q mythology out Of
such marine tussles. Finally, after a
desperate encounter OF FIVE minutes,
both the combatants disappeared be.
meath the waves"
The Southern herald., 1887-10-08

Some sugar was made in Dakota
last spring from sap obtained from
white maple trees set out since tho
Territory was settled.
The Southern herald., 1887-10-08

1t is said that all tho elements Of
the rattlesnake's poison nre to bs
t0ala in the common Iglsh potato,
The Southern herald., 1887-10-08

There are one handred and one
prisoners in the Washington Territory
peniientlagy.
The Southern herald., 1887-10-08

snap shot, caring only to send a bullet
near enough to drive it away. The
object disappeared with the echoes Of
the report, and as walked along to
the wagon, the two men, who had not
dismounted, accompanied me. Stand.
ing within five feet OF the vehicle
called to the woman and asked If she
desired to go with the men, and she re-
piled:
"Oa! sir, save me from them. even If
you have to shoot me"
"But you've got 10 comet shouted
the half-breed.
'She shall not goW l shouted at him.
Il give you two villains sixty seconds
in which to leave camp Now go!"
They were close together. and my
rifle covered both. They. looked
straight at me for fifteen or twenty
seconds, and then turned and rode
away into the darkness. followed
them for hundred yards, when thoy
urged their horses to q gallop. and
rode to the north without looking
back. ] stood and looked after them
until l could no longer hear the beat
Of their horses hoofs and / felt rather
proud Of my nerve in driving them
away. It did not occur to me until
next day that either or both Of them
could have got the drop on mo up to the
time ! raised my rifle. and that whiIo
they were making threats Of what they
would do they left their rifles lying
across their saddles They simply per-
mitted me to force them out OF camp
at the muzzie Of my Winchester. and
that was part Of their plan. When ]
returned to tho fire the woman was be-
side It, her face botraying fear and DIS
WesA and IS soon'pg ] came up she
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-05-20
A Silo on Top of the Ground.

Every year adds to the advocates of en-
silage, especially in such sections of the
country as are liable to long winters. En-
.silage is, however, by no means confined
to the east and northeast. Even in the
southern states it is being more or less
used. Southern Cultivator tells how to
build silo above ground:
Bed stills q little in the ground and use
studding six inches wide eight would be
better and plank up tight both on inside
and outside. Fill space in wall with dirt,
packing it in tightly. Have silo eight
feet wide, eight feet high and any length
desired. Sixteen feet is good length, hay
ing a partition wall in the middle SO as to
give two compartments eight feet square.
1t has to be rooted, of course, and such an
arrangement allows the filling to be easily
done at each end through the open gable.
Likewise it can be taken out from the
top through the gables when it is to be
fed. Alwaysfeed from the top instead Of
cutting down through side. No matter
how large silo is built it should be
divided into small compartments, SO that
the feeding may go on from one Of these
only at time. H
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-05-20
Cucumbers for Pickle.

"Green prolific" is an excellent variety
Of cucumber for picking. "Short green"
or "gherkin" is also good. "Early Frame
is another good kind for picking, espe-
cially when young. Then there is the
"Boston pickling' cucumber, bred about
Boston for pickles. The West India CHER
kin or burr is used only for pickles. Gu
cumbers for pickles may be grown as a
second crop. The cucumbers are pre-
served for winter and spring use by salt
ing. Make brine strong enough to float
o potato; place in barrel or key and
keep the pickles under this brine; pour of
the brine occasionally and scald; then
cool and put on the pickles again. When
wanted for use scoop out the pickles, place
in fresh water and keep changing the
water until the pickles are fresh; then
put them in vinegar, spiced to suit the
taste.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-05-20
EniOy Life.

What truly beautiful world we live
in! Nature gives us grandeur of
mountains, glens and oceans, and thou
sands of means of enjoyment. We can
desire no better when in perfect health !;
but how often the majority of people
feel like giving it up disheartened, dis
couraged and worn out with disease,
when there is no occasion for this feel
ing, as every sufferer can easily obtain
satisfactory proof, that GREEN'S august
Fzower will make them free from dis
ease as when born. Dyspepsia and
liver complaint are the direct causes of
seventy-fve per cent of such maladies
as biliousness, indigestion, sick head
ache and other distressing symptoms.
Three doses of august F2oacer will
prove its wonderful effect. Sample
bottle 10 cents. Try it.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-05-20
Diseases Among Wild Animals.

1t is stated in The Medical Reporter that
nine tenths of the wild animals in confinement
are subject to heart disease, although all ami
mails have their peculiarities. The elephants
are heirs to many diseases but tho most COM
mon and fatal is rheumatism Monkeys and
balloons generally die from bronchial affec-
lions and heart disease; felines, such us lions,
tigers, leopards, etc., from dysentery ana
heart disease; deer, antelopes, etc, suffer
most from dysentery and heart disease, while
such animals as wolves, dingoes and foxes
cept "pure cussedness" The only thing to be
feared in the wolf tribe is too much sociabil-
ity. 1t is unsafe to keep more than pair to
gether; otherwise they would eat each other.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-05-20
An Athletes Advice to Amateurs.

A professional athlete advises amateurs
not to impose upon the stomach by the aid
Of medicines. Exercise should be avoided
early in the morning before breakfast on an
empty stomach. The air is very unwhole-
some early in the morning, and until the sun
has purified 1t. to breath IL freely Is injuri-
Gus. Malarfal and chest diseases are apt to
be taken. People who are not professional
athletes cannot stand the fatigue Of exercise
before breakfast, and it even weakens the
regular professional ones who are ignorant.
The system is weaker when n person rises
than at any other time during the day. The
proper way is to rise an hour or so after the
sun is up, take light breakfast, and after
the meal has thoroughly digested take the
exercise.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-05-20

All root crops contain a large amount
both OF nitrogen and ash constituents;
among tho latter potash greatly predomi-
mates. Turnips contain more sulphur
than any other farm crop.
The turnip and mangcl crop differ In
several respects. Turnips and swedes
draw their food chiefly from the surface
soil. Their power Of taking up nitrogen
from the soil Is distinctly greater than
that of the cereal crops. Turnips are also
we'll able to supply themselves with
potash when growing In fertile soil, but
they have singularly little power OF up
propriating the combined phosphoric acid
Of the soil; fresh applications of phosphoric
manures thus always produce marked
effect on this crop.
Mangels have much deeper roots than
turnips, and also longer period OF
growth. They have greater capacity
for drawing food from the soil, including
both nitrogen, potash and phosphoric acid.
When carted of the land they are prob
ably the most exhaustive crop that
farmer can grow. As mangels have not
the same difficulty that turnips have OF
attacking the combined phosphoric acid OF
the soil, phosphOric manures are IN their
case of much less Importance. Purely
heterogeneous manures, as nitrate OF
sodium, when applied alone to mangels
generally produce great effect ON the
crop; this Is not the case with turn1ps.
which require phosphates as well as nitro
gen in their manures.
As both turnps and mangels consume
extremely large amounts of plant food.
liberal manuring with farm yard manure
is in most cases essential for the produc-
ton of full crop; but the special charac-
teristics of the manure for turnips should
be phosphoric, and Of that for mangels
heterogeneous.
Potatoes are surface feeders and require
a liberal general manuring to insure an
abundant crop.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-05-20
Watering Horses.

All horses are liable to drink more after
eating than is required to replenish the
waste, and besides, explains The Ameri-
can Cultivator, it has been ascertained
that when water is drank by horses q
large share of it passes directly through,
the stomach and on into the large in
testines, where no digestion takes place;
and that, if horse is allowed to drink
directly after eating, portion Of che food
is carried along with it, which of course
can then do no good, but is liable to do
some injury. Therefore we say, always
water horses before feeding and you will
find they Will do better, drive better,
sweat less, etc., and will drink all that
nature demands as soon as they become
to this habit.